The Latest Breaking News from North Yorkshire

Yorkshire Golf Course And Farm Up For Sale For £2 Million

Spofforth Golf Club in North Yorkshire has been put on the market for £2 million - which includes a farm as a bonus

Golf Monthly · Aug 4, 2023

Four arrested after Greenpeace activists scale Rishi Sunak’s Yorkshire home

A group of Greenpeace activists has been arrested after an hours-long protest on the roof of Rishi Sunak's mansion over his new fossil fuel drilling "frenzy".

Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2023

BTCC Croft: Turkington holds firm to win race three

The reversed-grid counter allowed the Northern Irishman to take his tally of wins at the North Yorkshire circuit to a remarkable 14, and for himself and Ingram to mitigate the points damage over the weekend to Ash Sutton, who was a first-lap casualty.

Autosport · Jul 30, 2023

Hundreds of activists to flood Uxbridge, Mid Bedfordshire and North Yorkshire by-election battles this weekend

All three constituencies are ‘in play’ for the political parties, says leading pollster and Tory peer Lord Hayward

Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2023

National Grid in talks with Drax to revive coal-fired units

Plans for North Yorkshire plant discussed as return of scheme to pay customers to reduce electricity during peak times confirmed

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2023

Boris Johnson has triggered a bumper byelection bonanza – I studied 148 past contests to find out what we can expect

The UK is facing three byelections in constituencies all vacated within 24 hours of one another. Former prime minister Boris Johnson announced he was leaving parliament with immediate effect on June 9, leaving his Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituents in need of a new MP. His vocal supporter Nadine Dorries…

The Conversation · Jun 13, 2023

Energy watchdog Ofgem launches investigation into Drax's biomass reporting

Ofgem is looking at whether the North Yorkshire power company has breached reporting requirements

Birmingham Post · May 31, 2023

Vote to close 167-year-old school angers villagers in North Yorkshire

Opponents claim Skelton Newby Hall school – which has just one pupil – is victim of ‘managed wind-down’

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023

Seagull scarer in bird outfit helps diners eat their seaside fish and chips in peace

Corey Grieveson started work in the beautiful North Yorkshire town last summer when chip shop owner Alex Boyd, 31, decided he needed to employ a 'live seagull deterrent'

Daily Mirror · May 28, 2023

Mum's sweet 'secret code' for daughter to alert her while she's away on school trip

With mobile phones being prohibited by her girl's school, one mother came up with a way for her offspring to show how she is getting on while on her three-night residential in North Yorkshire

Daily Mirror · May 11, 2023